A boxing federation claims Khelif failed two unspecified gender tests, but Olympic officials say those tests were illegitimate. The gold medal match will be held Friday.
Imane Khelif of Algeria punches Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand during the Women's 66kg semifinal bout on Tuesday at the Paris Olympic Games.Away from Paris, criticism has erupted over the past week around Khelif's participation in the Olympics amid claims that she failedBut in the stands of Roland-Garros Stadium, dozens of Algerian flags hung over the seats, as hundreds of men and women dressed in green and red cheered raucously for Khelif.
Khelif, 25, is a woman and has competed for years in women's boxing, in which she has accumulated a typical record of wins and losses against her female competition. In a chaotic press conference Monday, IBA officials raised more questions than they answered about the tests. IBA president Umar Kremlev, speaking by videoconference from Russia, said through a translator that their tests had shown elevated levels of testosterone — but that claim directly contradicted a previous statement from the IBA that said the boxers
Still, the controversy has led to a swell of harassment online targeted at Khelif and Lin, who will compete in her own semifinal in a different weight class on Wednesday. Another fan, the Algiers-born Yacine Bouzydy, said he originally hadn't planned to attend Tuesday's bout, as he doesn't closely follow sports. But when he heard about the controversy surrounding Khelif, he decided to attend to show his support and"give her energy," he said.
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